Paper-holder.



F. H. HOBERG.

PAPER HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 21. 1914,-

Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

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FRANK H. HOB'ERG, 0F GREEN BAY, XVISCONSIN.

PAPER-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatented Mar. 2l, gl.

Application filed February 21, 1914. Serial No. 820,165.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, FRANK H. HOBERG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Green Bay, county of Brown, and State of lllisconsin, have invented new and useful mproveinents in Paper-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in paper holders.

The object of my invention Ais to provide an improved holder adapted to feed the paper in single sheets from a package, and in which a reliable feed may be secured by employing a sheet starter which will depress one corner of the sheet and expose it su-- ciently to be grasped before tearing it from the package.

ln an application bearing even date herewith l have shown and described a form of package peculiarly adapted for use in connection with the holder herein described, and one object of the 'present invention is to provide a form of holder for feeding sheets from such package.

ln the drawings Figure 1 is a central vertical sectional view of a holder embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation with the cap plate and feeder removed. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the swinging cap portion and with dotted lines indicating the relation of the package thereto.

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughout the several views.

A is a wall plate provided with a base A and sides B.

A cap plate is employed which comprisesl a front wall C and top wall D. The cap plate is hinged to the respective side walls B at o. A resilient hook latch Z is secured to the top D of the -cap plate on the under side thereof, and the hook d is adapted to engage a fixed catch a, connected with the back plate A. A push button c may be employed for releasing the latch d.

Within the cabinet formed by the back and bottom walls, side walls and cap plate, a set of posts E are mounted and connected with the back plate at e. These posts are located near the top of the cabinet and proy ject forwardly into proximity withthe front wall C. A hanger plate F is provided with slotted ears f at its upper end, the slots f being adapted to receive the posts E, the plate F being thus suspended from the posts. A spiral spring G is interposed between the plate F and the wall plate A, said spring being preferably located below the center of the cabinet.

The plate A is provided with an arm H projecting forwardly from its upper central portion through an opening in plate F and having angularly inturned depending flanges 71, at each side margin, which flanges are adapted to enter slots -or slits in the paper package, whereby the package-may be connected with the arm H by a dove tail joint, each sheet 'in the package being supported wholly by the portion thereof which is engaged between the flanges L of the arm H. The package will of course be inserted in the cabinet when the cap plate is'swung to open position.

Upon the inner face of the cap plate and preferably countersunk in the wall thereof, l rprovide a circular disk feeder I, the inner surface of which is roughened so as to ace tuate a sheet of paper in frictional Contact therewith when the disk is rotated. This disk is connected with an exterior knob J and its inner face is partially covered by a. shield K. rlhe shield covers the disk on the upwardly moving side and preferably also covers part of the top portion of the disk.

' For convenience, a semi-circular shield may be employed which is adapted to cover substantially one-half of the disk, and by ad# justing this shield so that its straight margin extends diagonally across the center of the inner face of the disk from the bottom on the upwardly moving side to the top on the descending` side of a vertical line which cuts the disk axis, l am enabled to provide a feeding disk which will bear frictionally upon the paper sheet in a manner to draw such sheet downwardly and laterally when the disk is rotated in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 3. Pawl and ratchet mechanism at L prevent rotation in the opposite direction.

'In use, the cap plate is swung to open position, and a package of paper is applied to the hanger plate F, the latter being pushed backwardly upon the hanger arms or posts E, and the spring G being compressed until the paper package is wholly received within the cabinet. rl`he cap plate is then closed, latch d automatically engaging catch a to hold the cap plate in closed position. By rotating the knob J to turn the disk in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 3, the front sheet of the package will be fed Y downwardly through the slot M between theY vso lower margin of the cap plate and the bottom a of the cabinet. Owing to the fact that the lower portion of the diskvI draws laterally upon the sheet, it is obvious that i the sheet will betilted substantially asindicated by dotted lines in F ig. 3, so that one corner will be exposed through the slot where it can be grasped. In this manner I avoid the difficulty heretofore experienced with friction feed mechanism where the frictional feeding device fails to grip the paper with sullicient force to tear it from the package, for in my improved construction the sheet can be grasped and the operation of the feeding disk assisted by pulling upon the sheet before it has been detached. It requires but very little friction to depress one corner of the sheet sufficiently for this purpose where the sheets are suspended from"V Vthe center only or where they arenot suspended or attached at the upper corner directly above the corner which is to'be depressed by the feeder.A

I Yclaim-.` 1. A paper feeding cabinet comprising a set of inclosing walls, interior package sup-v porting members connected with said walls",

a hanger Vplate suspended fronif said supporting members and freely movable thereony to the front or rear, means for resiliently pressing said hangerplate forwardly, means for sus )ending a ackafre of aper alone b ze i e,

the face of said hanger )late anda rotar Y friction disk mounted inthe cabinet ini-position for flat surfaced contact with therpaper which is pressed-against it by said spring,

together withmeans for ro'tatingsaid disk` in one direction from the exterior of the cabinet, said cabinet having av slot in its bcttom below said disk. Y

2. Apaper feeding cabinet comprisinga set-of inclosing walls, a hanger plate suspended within the cabinet and adapted to move to the front and rear therein, means forresiliently pressing said hangerplateV forwardly, means for suspending a package .of paper along the face of said hanger plate,

' and a rotary friction disk mountedfin the cabinet in position for fiat surfaced contact with y.the paper 'which is, Apressed against.

it by said spring, together with means for rotating said disk in one direction. freni the exterior of the cabinet, said cabinet having a slot in its bottom below said disk, and'v said cabinet being provided-.with a` shield' interposed between the paper Vand the disk on the upwardly moving side of the latter.'

3. A paper feeding cabinet comprising a set of inclosing walls, means for suspending a package of paper from one of said walls, a rotary friction disk mounted'V in the cabinet inpositicn for 'Hat surfaced contact with the paper, a spring arranged topress the` paper against the flat surface of.v the disk at one side of its center, together with means for rotating said disk in one direction from the exterior of the cabinet, said cabinet having a slot in its bottom Vbelow said disk, and

said sabinet being provided with a shield in-` terposed between the paper and the disk on the upwardly moving side of the latter.

4:: A paper feeding member for paper cabinets, including a rotary disk having one vof its side faces disposed for contact with said disk from-contact with the paper on itsV upwardly moving side, and a device for supporting a package of paper in operative relation to said disk, said device being provided with a'forwa'rdly projecting arm having depending .angularly inturned flanges sok adapted to-engage a dove tailed portion of 'Y Such package, whereby'said package may be supportedpin a position for the su'cces'sive remo-valu'of single sheets Vby disk rotationupon itsfront face. Y f I 6.(A paper feedingy member for paper cabinets, comprising n VVa rotary disk having a fricticnal. surfacefor contactv with thei paper on its downwardly moving side, in com-` bination with shieldV adapted to protect said disk froin'contact with thepaper onY its upwardly moving side, and a device for Y Y suppc'rting a package of l'paper inoperative relation to said disk, said devicebeingJ Vpron 1 n u a Y vided with a forwardly projecting arm havnig depending angularly inturned''llanges adapted 'to engage a dove tailed portion-of i such package, whereby said package may be supported in a position'for the successive removal of single sheets by "disk rotation upon its front face,'togeth er wi.h. an inclosing cabinet provided with a slot for the-dis- Ychargertof-"the sheetsV and havinga spiral spring in its rear portion adapted to press.

the hanger plate and package Ain the direction of said disk.

7. In a machine of the class described,lan

article support, and means fortu'rningV` the article on said support to displace'ittherefrom.

.upon saidfsupport and advance the same 8. In a machine of the class described, Va

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through said outlet, opening by turning kkk movement.

9. YIn a machine of the class described, anY

article support and means for advancing ariso;

ticles from said support by forcing a corner of an article from the support, said means contacting with an article on said support near one end of the article.

10. In a machine of the class described, a casing having an outlet, a support for articles to be dispensed, and means for advancing a corner of an article from the support through said opening, said means being arranged to contact with the article to be advanced at one side of the center thereof.

11. ln a machine of the class described, an article support and means for swinging the article on the support so that one corner thereof is forced ofil said support.

12. ln a machine of the class described, a casing having an outlet, a support for articles to be dispensed, and means for swinging one article at a time on said support whereby a corner of the article is forced olf the support through said opening.

13. ln a machine of the class described, an article support, revoluble dispensing means in contact with one of the articles on said support, and means for actuating said dispensing means whereby a corner of the article in contact with the means is forced on said support.

14:. A cabinet for rectangular paper packages, including the combination with the walls of the cabinet, of a set of over-head supports near the top of the cabinet, a back plate suspended from the said supports with its sides parallel to the side walls of the cabinet, and adapted to slide along said supports toward the front or rear of the cabinet, a spring interposed between the back wall of the cabinet and said back plate, and a package supporting arm projecting from the rear wall of the cabinet, and provided with downwardly and inwardly inclined flanges; said supporting arm extending across the central portion of the upper end of the back plate and said flanges being adapted to engage in angular slots formed in the central portion of the upper end of a Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the package of paper conforming substantially to the contour of said back plate, said flanges being smooth surfaced and adapted to permit a forwardly shifting movement of the portion of the package engaged thereby.

15. A cabinet for paper packages, including the combination with the cabinet walls, of a movable spring actuated back plate having sliding connection with the cabinet, and a package supporting arm projecting from the rear wall of the cabinet, and provided with downwardly and inwardly inclined flanges, extending across the upper portion of the cabinet from the rear toward the front, said flanges being formed with smooth surfaces adapted to permit the portion of a package engaged thereby to slide freely along such surfaces, and means for discharging sheets from packages having dove-tailed portions engaged between said flanges; said discharging means being adapted to exert frictional torsion upon the sheets, whereby one lower corner is depressed below the other when detaching the sheet from said supporting arm, substantially as described.

16. A paper holding cabinet, a spring actuated back plate therein having sliding connection with the cabinet near each upper corner, and an intermediate package suspending means projecting across the upper margin of the back plate, and having downwardly and inwardly inclined, and interiorly smooth surfaced flanges adapted to engage a series of otherwise loose and unconnected sheets, each having slots in the central portions of their upper margins adapted to receive said flanges, whereby the sheets may be torn from the package successively by disengaging the dove-tailed portions thereof from the flanges of the supporting arm without leaving a stub.

ln testimony whereof l affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' FRANK H. HOBERG.

Witnesses 'HENRY GonTHn, Louis J. Donny.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

